Liverpool‘s dismal start to the 2022-23 Premier League season continued with Sunday’s 3-2 defeat at Arsenal that left them wallowing 10th in the table.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have amassed just 10 points so far this term after losing two and drawing four of their opening eight league fixtures.
The Reds ran up totals of more than 90 points in three of the previous four seasons, including 99 when they won the title in 2019-20, so to see them struggling to tread water in mid-table beneath two of the three newly promoted teams has come as something of a shock.
Here are 10 facts and stats that help illustrate how underwhelming Liverpool have been so far this season.
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1. Way off the pace
The 3-2 victory for Arsenal meant they returned to the top of the Premier League above Manchester City, while vanquished Liverpool slid down into 10th place, a whopping 14 points behind the leaders. This comes after Klopp’s side finished 23 points above the Gunners in last season’s standings.
2. Dropping points galore
Liverpool have dropped points in six of their first eight league fixtures of the 2022-23 campaign. In total, the Reds have already seen 14 points go begging this season.
By way of comparison, it took until their 19th game of last season to drop as many points and they only dropped 12 points altogether in their title-winning season of 2019-20.
3. Worst start for a decade
Liverpool have registered their worst start to a league campaign for a decade, since 2012-13 when they accrued a measly nine points from their opening eight games under Brendan Rodgers in his maiden season in charge at Anfield. The team went on to finish seventh in the table, 28 points behind champions Manchester United.
However, it isn’t the Reds’ worst-ever start to a Premier League season; that came in 2010-11 under Roy Hodgson, when his side earned a lowly six points from their first eight fixtures.
